I would be fine if MPC just received standard updates to its 3rd party components such as the LAV codecs/splitter and such, because so far MPC-HC is the most stable, fast, and 'proper' video player available. A lot of people talk about VLC, but VLC doesn't even do proper color reproduction most of the time, while MPC just always 'does it right'. You can even load in your own splitters and codec components, like DirectVobSub. With MPC-HC, second you click a video, you're watching it, and its the standard of what to run for home entertainment already. Perhaps I can forsee issues with future codec compatability, such as h265, but I'm unsure if thats all handled in LAV, or requires some custom code to get it to display in the program right.